Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 444

I found myself at a loss for words.

There was a time I was hopelessly in love with Neil, so much so that nobody could talk me out of it. Even when Neil explicitly told me he didn’t fancy me, I held onto the belief that time would reveal true feelings.

Could it be that Russel’s feelings for me were just like mine for Neil all those years ago?

That would be disastrous. How could I face it?

After all, I’m not Neil. I couldn’t be that heartless.

“Hmm?” Russel prompted, noticing my silence. “Why aren’t you answering?”

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to answer, I just couldn’t.

Serena and Brandon seemed to sense my discomfort, crying in unison. Seizing the opportunity to escape, I went to check on them. As suspected, they needed a diaper change.

After swiftly changing their diapers, my phone, which was sitting on the table, started ringing.

Russel glanced at the caller ID before handing it to me. “It’s your friend.”

I took the phone, expecting to see Stella or one of the others. To my surprise, it was Kitty.

I hadn’t heard from Kitty in a long time. I didn’t expect her to reach out. She had disappeared for a while due to her father’s sudden illness. I wasn’t aware of what had happened since.

I answered the call.

vibrant and cheerful as it used to be.

course I remember. But we haven’t been in touch for a while. What’s up?” I asked.

a favor.” Kitty did indeed have a reason

about Neil,

roughly ten minutes, I understood what Kitty

hadn’t yielded favorable

Karina had returned to her job at a new hospital, still specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, and no longer treating complex diseases privately. Despite Kitty’s

surprised me. Could Neil be so cold-hearted? He wouldn’t even help Kitty, who had been nothing but

hesitated, unsure of what to do. Did she expect

would be nothing short of a

know this is difficult for you. I’m aware of the situation between Karina, Neil, and you. Based on her attitude towards you, it’s probably similar to Bonnie’s.

Kitty to finish the sentence. I knew what she was implying.

me to reach out to Neil on her behalf. Since her attempts had been unsuccessful, maybe my intervention could yield

when my family company was still operational, and we were collaborating with her family, I might have agreed to help out of obligation or reason. But now that my family company had been transferred to someone else,

would owe Neil a favor that

with Neil. Besides, he has Karina and their child now. It

for Stella’s sake. I couldn’t sit by and do

silence from Kitty’s end, after which she said, “Okay, I understand

I felt a bit heavy-hearted, as if I had been

trap myself in

Kitty’s seemingly bold and carefree personality and her seemingly distant relationship with her father, she was actually a very filial person. She was now caught in the emotional bonds between father

call disrupted my mood. After eating a bit, I

Yara back to my place before

been perceptive, aware that I wasn’t in the best of moods. The question he had asked me earlier was nearly impossible to answer. The answer I had been searching for over the past decade was one he